The dress looked like it was for a high noble lady, like a princess. Is it really fine for to wear it at the party? (Lily)
Its fine. (Welner)
I answered Lilys question. To be honest, the dress really suited Lily. It had a rather calm decoration, which suited Lilys appearance.
As expected of Mr. Bierstedt, the dress chosen by the employee he recomnded was really good. It was just that he sent a smile as if expecting sothing when seeing us off. I should look at the rchants proposal later.
I then escorted Lily out of the store. There were tis where I would call the carriage right in front of the store, but this ti I called the carriage a bit further away from the store because of a particular reason. The coachman was one of the Count Houses people, so leaving the carriage with him should be fine.
As I waited for Lily to get into the carriage first, I turned my attention to the coachman.
Did anything happen? (Welner)
There were two children who ca here, so I donated so money to them in the na of the Count House. (Coachman)
Okay. (Welner)
This was actually a code. Two children ca here ant two people were tailing us. Saying children instead of adults ant the people who were tailing us were unard. Donated coins ant our side had sent people to keep an eye on them. Using the words Count House instead of my na, ant that the people who were tailing us were from another noble family.
In short, the coachman was saying that, There were two unard people who were tailing us. They were the vassals of another noble family. We had sent our n to keep an eye on them, so we would know which noble families they ca from soon.
They probably didnt think they were also being watched by people from our side. Because I left the carriage so distance away from the store, they must have let down their guard.
I want to show Lily the capital, so make a little detour. (Welner)
Understood. (Coachman)
The driver then adjusted the position of the magic lamp, a signal to tell the 4 guards who were guarding us from the shadows that we would take a different route. The guards would send a mirror signal if there was an ergency so until then, everything should be fine.
Annete was sitting on the coachmans seat, so I was alone with Lily inside the carriage. I entered after Lily. As I sat in the carriage, Lily seed to want to ask sothing but I pretended to not notice.
Do you also want to browse so stores on the way?
Yes.
A store that a girl would enjoy Hmm
With that, we started touring the capital. Although I said tour, it wasnt like we could actually tour the entire capital in just half a day, and plus there were roads that the carriage couldnt pass through at this hour, so we didnt manage to tour the entire capital.
This is all amazing (Lily)
Their works are really sophisticated, right? (Welner)
We were currently in a jewelry store. I thought girls would like shiny things, so I convinced Lily that we would just do so eye shopping and brought her here.
Still, the jewelry industry of this world was strangely advanced. I wasnt talking about the rose cut, I was talking about the princess cut and oval cut jewel. Werent those two cuts things from the modern era? How did they exist here? Was there magic to cut jewels that made it possible to make those two cuts? Or maybe sothing like [Jeweler] Skill existed?
First was the maid uniform, now this. Sotis things of this world were strangely advanced. Lets stop thinking too much about it. All was well as long as Lily enjoyed her ti.
I should also pick jewelry that matches your dress. (Welner)
Umthat (Lily)
The dress for Lily had been decided, but the accessories like jewelry were still undecided. I had already put in a request for jewelry that suited Lilys dress, and they said they would get an expert for to consult the jewelry designs later.
Thats why, we need to wait. (Welner)
I see (Lily)
She looked like a puppy being told to wait in front of food while looking at the jewels in the store. Then, Lily seed to have noticed that Annete-san was also secretly admiring the jewelry. She and Annete-san made eye contact and laughed together.
Is this whole building a store? (Lily)
Yes. (Welner)
Lily looked surprised when she saw the five-story store. Although there werent that many, several stories building that contained different shops on each floor existed here.
However, since escalators and elevators didnt exist in this era and the stairs were narrow, it was hard for custors in this type of store to go to the top floor.
It was also difficult to bring the items upstairs, so the top floor usually had light items like so cut fabrics, the first floor was usually for heavy items like pottery, while the third floor had daily use items made from woods like spoons and bowls. Larger items made from wood were usually sold in a specialty store.
While accompanying Lily who was talking with Annete about the items in the stores, I looked out of the window. The windows here didnt have glass panels so I could see the busy street outside directly.
Welner-sama? (Lily)
Hmm? What? (Welner)
I turned my attention to Lily because she called . It turned out, there was nothing that caught her eyes. In the end, I bought her a dium-sized mirror. Because glass was expensive, Lily at first refused, but I convinced her that it was fine.
The store on the fourth floor sold stationery, so I asked Lily if she wanted to buy so, but she said no since the stationery in the mansion was enough for her. Well, the stationery of a noble house was pretty high quality stuff.
Lily seed to be more interested in the fifth floor that sold cut fabrics. When I asked her what she was going to use the fabric for, she answered that it was to repair her parents everyday clothes. I told Lily that I would make an arrangent for her parents clothes, so just buy what she wanted to buy.
I had to talk with my mother about clothing arrangents for all the servants, not just Lilys parents later.
Our next destination was street stalls. I went to one of the stalls and ordered 2 skewers. The owner of the stall looked at with a grin on his face while his hands were making the skewers skillfully.
You sure brought a cute girlfriend today. (The owner)
Mind your own business! Just hurry up and make our skewers. (Welner)
Lily looked surprised when I exchanged jokes with the stall owner.
After several minutes, the owner handed two skewers and I accepted them with a sour smile. I handed one of them to Lily.
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